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Alternate Unit 4
1st Grade
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Defend if wolves deserve the stereotype of being evil animals.
Book: Wolves (National Geographic Readers) by Laura Marsh
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Wolves have a stereotype of being evil animals. Is this true? Support your answer with two to three facts.
An example response to the Target Task at the level of detail expected of the students.
Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
The author says the “chorus of howls sends a shiver down your spine” and uses the word “spooky” to describe a wolf’s howl. Does this make a wolf’s howl seem good or bad?
Name two to three key facts you learned about wolves.
Name two to three key facts you learned about wolves. How do these facts support or disprove the stereotype of wolves being evil and threatening?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
stereotype
n.
a fixed idea that many people have about a thing or group that may be untrue or only partly true
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RI.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2 — Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.1.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
RL.1.9 — Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
SL.1.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
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Lesson 18
Retell what happens in The Three Little Pigs.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3
Describe why the third little tamale was resourceful.
L.1.1.g RL.1.2 RL.1.3
Explain why the third little javelina was intelligent.
L.1.1.g L.1.1.j RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.6
Describe why Pig Three is persistent.
L.1.1.g L.1.1.j L.1.6 RL.1.2 RL.1.3
Use the words “persistent,” “resourceful,” or “intelligent” to describe the three little wolves.
Defend if the wolf’s side of the story is true or not.
L.1.1.g RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4
Discussion & Writing
Determine the moral of the Three Little Pigs and explain how the moral can be used in your own life.
L.1.1.f RL.1.2 RL.1.9 W.1.1
Writing – 4 days
Write your own version of The Three Little Pigs.
L.1.1 L.1.1.e L.1.1.i L.1.2 L.1.2.d L.1.2.e W.1.3 W.1.5 W.1.6
Retell what happens in Little Red Riding Hood.
RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4
Explain what lesson Little Red learns and how she learns it.
Analyze specific words in a text and explain how they help the reader better understand the story.
L.1.1.f L.1.4 L.1.6 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4
Explain why Little Roja is intelligent.
Defend if the wolf is or is not cunning and why.
Use the words “sly” and “pleasant” to describe how the wolf changes.
Defend if you agree or disagree with the wolf’s side of the story and why.
Determine the moral of Little Red Riding Hood and explain how the moral can be used in your own life.
RL.1.2 RL.1.9 W.1.1
RI.1.1 RI.1.2
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